Civil Center for National Initiative: Civil Marriage Legal for Those with No Religious Affiliation
Researchers and legal experts at the Civil Center for National Initiative said on Saturday that there are no obstacles in front of civil marriage in Lebanon for those who decide to remove their sects from their IDs, LBCI television reported.
“The 1936's law is more advanced and open than the ones adopted nowadays,” Change and Reform bloc MP Ghassan Moukheiber expressed in an interview with LBCI.
He stated: “We demand the state to take into consideration those that are not affiliated with any religion or sect”.
“The biggest challenge today is building citizenship,” he added.
The discussion on this issue comes soon after reports broke out about a Lebanese couple that challenged the sectarian personal status code in Lebanon and tied the knot in a first of a kind civil marriage in the country on November 11, 2012.
Kholoud Sukkariyah and Nidal Darwish removed the reference of their sects from their respective IDs and based their marital contract on Decree No. 60 L.R.
The decree, which organizes and recognizes religious communities and grants them rights, says those who are not affiliated with a sect are subject to the civil law of personal status, as well as to the introduction of the Constitution which adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
over 11 years
I whish!
over 11 years
whose interest is it to implement civil laws apart for the citizen? no one!
aoun? more sectarian there s not, hezbollah? never! mostakbal? out of question! religious people? never they get their power by manipulating people! LF: sectarian too! amal? lol! marada? hahaha! PSP? no way!
what s left? a citizen movment like the civil rights center to tell all the politicians enough is enoough! and educate people on the stupidity of sectarianism!
over 11 years
So called civil marriage in Lebanon is nothing but adultery and prostitution.
You all take notice you falling sinners
over 11 years
Actually: al moustaqbal is for civil law. The psp is for it. I do not know about the rest but i suspect fpm and amal are for it too. The religious authorities are the problem.
over 11 years
just like FPM: nothing done so far...
over 11 years
This is so great, it's like saying, for the first time that a birth of a baby is important and joyful no matter what is the gender. Imagine if we remove the habit of calling parents as the parents of only the first born male and the heck with the other siblings. No more abou this or imm that, just mom and dad.
over 11 years
FT this has nothing to do with Jumblat dude ,plus Jumblat is not scared ,the only people who are scared are the ones you worship ..
over 11 years
But where did they registered their marriage?who signed the marriage certificate?Who headed the wedding ceremony?Ppl it does not make much sense,i would like to know how this worked?I hope it will be legalised.Religion and religious ppl should not be involved .
over 11 years
"they didnt do anything to prove their empty talk." just like FPM and the orthodox law is a proof of how sectarian FPM is... lol!
over 11 years
learn to read sissy boy...
the issue here is not your stupid law, but civil rights...FPM does not want secularism and civil laws as shown by your sectarian orthodox law: that was the point! you understand now little idiot, toi y en a comprendre? got into your one neurone brain?
so learn how to read before vomitting your idiocies as usual, little aoun's frustrated lover....
over 11 years
Time to break the chains of secular identity forced marriages with religion and tie the chains of non-secular chosen marriages with loved ones. He who claims the authority of deciding who we should love and not love base don their interpretation of the scriptures should focus on judging themselves and not judge others.
over 11 years
This is stupid, because you can register your civil marriage in Lebanon but you can't get married in Lebanon.
let's all disconnect ourself from religion and sect and lets have a secular state seperated from religion. Let's get civilized !